Evening briefing: AAP's big ‘electoral bond’ charge; Jaishankar on China's repeated claim over Arunachal; more

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Published on: Mar 23, 2024, 18:27:57 IST

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday claimed that while the Enforcement Directorate has not been able to establish a money trail against any AAP leader in the excise policy case, an accused-turned-approver did give crores of rupees in electoral bonds to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Delhi minister Atishi Sharad P Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma, who the ED arrested in November in the same case, gave crores of rupees to the BJP through electoral bonds. She added that the probe agency arrested Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal merely based on the statement of Reddy. Dig deeper

Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi addresses the media during a press conference, in New Delhi on Saturday. Saurabh Bhardwaj is also present. (ANI)

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar rubbished China's repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh, calling them “ludicrous” and asserting that the frontier state is a “natural part of India”. “This is not a new issue. I mean China has laid claim, it has expanded its claim. The claims are ludicrous to begin with and remain ludicrous today,” Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to Singapore, said while responding to a question on the Arunachal issue. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our evening briefing. Catch you tomorrow morning.

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